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According to http://www.geocities.com/swaisman/huckfinn.htm, "huckleberry" was contemporary slang for a person of no importance, so apparently Twain chose Huck's name to make a statement about the type of person his character was -- one that had no real place in society.

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I can't tell you for sure that there's nobody in the United States named Huckleberry today, but it's definitely not a name most people would encounter. A little kid named Huckleberry would get laughed off the playground!

This message was edited 12/20/2004, 8:35 PM